Lantern



P. A; MORLEY.

Lantern.

No 27,924; r Patented April 17, 1860.

N. PETERS, Pimwiflhnqmphcn Washington 11:.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILEMON A. MORLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

LANTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,924, dated April 17, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILEMON A. MORLEY, of Brooklyn city, in the countyof Kings, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Mode of Constructing Tin and other MetallicLanterns; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descrip tion thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which letterscorrespond with and form a part of the specifi cation.

To enable the public to fully understand the nature of my aforesaidimprovement, and those skilled in the useful arts, to con struct andoperate the same I will describe it as follows.

Figure 1, represents a lantern drawn in perspective and showing themanner of securing the separate or individual sides or parts to thebot-tom and top thereof by means of a loop, or loops, (a, a,) and wirerods (Z), 1),) or any other suitable device so fashioned or formed thatthe sides of the lantern may be detached from the bottom and top ifrequired by simply drawing the rods (7), 6,)

out of the loops (at, a.) Fi 2, represents one of the sides of thelantern detached in the manner aforesaid from the other parts. Fig. 3,is a perspective plan of the rectangular lantern having the bottomremoved in order that the sides may be spread apart, or extended in sucha manner that the fiat surfaces of the side plates of glass are in ahorizontal line, or plane with each other, hence a greater number oflanterns may be packed in any given space by the aforesaid mode ofconstruction than by any other known device. Fig. 4, is a perspectivedrawing of the bottom of the lantern having loops (at, a, a a

The novelty of the above described invention does not consist in theconstruction of sides from each other, and from either thebottom or top,or from both at the same time, by means of an adjustable joint or hinge.This constitutes the novelty of my invention inasmuch as I am enabled topack a greater number of lanterns for transportation in a small space ina much more secure and permanent manner, than by any other device everknown, therefore I believe it to be a new mode of packing lanterns forshipping purposes.

I do not claim the top (S,) as a whole, or in separate parts, neither doI claim hinging said top to the upper end of the side .ieces or frames(N, N, N-,) as that is ful y set forth and shown in Mr. SpauldingsPatent of September 14th, 1858.

Therefore what I claim as novel and de sire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States is The arrangement of the sides .(N, N, N N loops((0, a, a (4 and rods (5, 6, Z), 1),) in relation to the top and bottomof a lantern, in the manner and for the purpose specified, and shown inthe accompanying drawings. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two witnesses.

PHILEMON A. MORLEY.

'Witnesses JAMES P. MCLEAN, ANNE S. MOLEAN.

